Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
Video
June 5, 2020

Billie Eilish Releases a Powerful Short Film Addressing Body Shamers

Pop music artist Billie Eilish is using her platform as a superstar to speak on the topic of body shaming. She is open in talking about its toxicity, and how she has made conscious choices in the way she dresses in order to avoid hurtful comments about how she looks. In a 2019 ad for Calvin Klein, she explains her reasoning: “I mean, that’s why I wear big, baggy clothes.

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DIY
June 3, 2020

Woman Uses Dollhouse Doors to Cover Electrical Outlets and Turn Them Into Magical Portals

You might have covers on your electrical outlets to help protect the curious kids (or pets) in your life. While many of these covers are ordinary plastic inserts, Imgur user cristinaf had a different—and much more enchanting—idea. She decided to install dollhouse doors around the outlets and then shut the doors, effectively concealing the sockets while adding a bit of mystery to what could be behind the opening.

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Painting
May 30, 2020

Surreal Paintings of Serene Women Surrounded By a Beautiful Chaos of Color

Artist Soey Milk crafts beautiful portraits of women that contain elements of calm alongside calamity. She does this by implementing visual push and pull in all of her works. Some parts of the composition, such as the faces of her subjects, are tightly rendered in a realistic style while the backdrops are gestural with visible brushstrokes and paint drippings.

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Nature
May 28, 2020

These “Clear” Succulents Look Like Glistening Jewels Growing From the Ground

Succulents are known for having leaves shaped like cartoon bunnies, dolphins, and hearts. So the Haworthia cooperi, while not oddly shaped, takes the prize for being the most unusual variety. Sometimes called the “clear succulent,” the transparency is particularly noticeable when the sun is shining on the tiny bulbous leaves. The light makes the tops of the plants practically disappear, leaving only the base of the blue-green leaves visible.

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